The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company has signed a loan contract with a consortium of 10 Egyptian banks worth EGP10b ($1.2b) to partially finance three new power plants to be built by German firm Siemens.
President Abdul Fattah El-Sisi met with ministers and delegates from member states of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) to discuss regional energy issues.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt signed an agreement that will renew kingdom's economic support for Cairo via oil assistance and additional $8b worth of investments in the next five years.
The Ministry of Electricity has sent an official letter to the Ministry of Finance requesting an extra EGP500m per month to be able to better pay its debts to the EGPC.
Jordan's National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) has informed EGAS that is cannot meet its agreed upon delivery of gas due to the disruption of its LNG facilities because of weather.